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YEARS OF.
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
EXPECT TRUMAN TO TOUCH
ON RACIAL TENSIONS
In His Speech Sunday
Before NAACP Conference
WASHINGTON, D- C.-A
-for declaration on the
of racial tensions is
to be made by President
mai when he addresses
Suhu y. June 29, meeting
the 38th annual conference of
tjie National Advancement Association of
the
People, it was announced to¬
day
Walter White, secretary of
the NAACP, stated that
Sunday meeting closing, the
conference, which will be 'held
on Pag& YwQ
Ella For
NEW YORK After one of
the longest price debates on
record, Ella Fitzgerald was fi¬
nally signed to a oile-month
contract at the Surf Club in
Wildwood, N J., it was an¬
nounced by her agents here
last week, The price finally
agreed upon r $2,250 per week)
mikes the Tisket, Tasket girl
onf of the highest salaried Ne-
grj? night club performers world- in
thl frhe entertainment
unusual thing about the
i negotiations between Miss Fitz-
geiald aijement and the Surf club man-
Sije was the lengthiness.
was first approached in
mStl-February with a thousand-
dojUai'-a-week offer that was
Continued on page V
SALES PROMOTION AGENT
-^Attractive Robert Spencer Wash,
Barr, native of Tacoma,
who was schooled at Wilber-
force university. Washington
university and more recently at
the New School, is the first
colored girl to work in the ca¬
pacity oi sales promotion agent
for the firm which distributes
Old Golds out of it* NcW Ycrk
Continued on Paige Five
©lu> fauawtali SHhur.
Jury Frees Five Whites
Who Beat Mother of Eight
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ANP)
Fifty minutes were sufficient
for an all-white jury in U- S
district court here last week to
•acquit five white defendants,
four men and a woman, of as¬
sault charges brought by a Ne-
Contlnued on page 2
ATTENDS INSURANCE
MEETING
FRANK B. WALKER, assist-
ant manager of the North
Carolina Mutual Life In surance
Company. is attending the na-
tional Negro insurance Arso-
elation meeting in Detroit,
Mich. ,
The Hub Urges Proper Respect For
Law Enforcement Officers
Husband Dies In Dentist
Chair; Wife Insists on Probe
NEW YORK < ANP i—An at¬
tractive Harlem widow, whose
husband fell dead in a promi¬
nent dentist’s office last week
as the latter was presumably
getting ready to extract a tooth
asked the police department
and the district attorney to in¬
vestigate the tragedy thorough¬
ly this week tie cause she is
convinced that criminal negh-
Continued on Page Seven
Doctors 3-Day Clinic To
Present Interesting Program
WILL BE HELD NEXT
WEEK AT AUGUSTA
AT UNIV.GEORGIA
MEDICAL SCHOOL
The program of the annual
post-graduate clinic for the
members of the Georgia Asso¬
ciation of Physicians, Dentists
and Pharmacists which will be
held June 30-July 3 at the Uni¬
versity of Georgia School of
Medicine in Augusta, which was
released this week shows a num
released this week, shows a
number of national leaders in
the medical, dental and phar¬
maceutical fields who will par¬
ticipate in the three-day pro¬
gram.
The clinics, it has been as¬
sured, will be largely attended
by doctors from all over the
Continued on page Seven
■111,000 FOR ALMA MATER
from Africa! Nnamdi Azikwe,
Lincoln University alumnus and
West African editor and politl-
leal leader, swelled Lincoln’s;
1 alumni fund over the $100,000
mark by a cash gift of $1,000
Haven Home Wood ville
Canning Plants Reopened
The two canning plants at
Haven Home school and Wood-
ville school opened Tuesday of
this week- White people
can at Haven Home on Tues-
I days and at. Woodville on Wed-
nesday, and colored people will
use the plant at Haven Home
on Wednesday and Thursday
and at Woodville on Tuesday
Ga. PTA Sum¬
mer Institute I
The Georgia Congress of Col¬
ored Parents and Teachers has
scheduled a series of summer
conferences as follows: Taber¬
nacle Baptist church. Augusta.
Continued on page two i
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947
V.F.W. State Convention
Meets Here Next Week
JEWISH INSTITUTE OF RE¬
LIGION HONORS DP- CHAN-
NING TOBIAS—Recipients of
honoraey degrees at the ordi¬
nation and commencement ex¬
ercises of the Jewish Institute
of Religion, are shown with
at Lincolns recent commence-
ment. Left to right: Dr. Hor-,
Mann Bond, president; Dr
Nnamdi Azikwe, Dr- Ralph J
Bunche, United Nations official 1
Lincoln’s commencement day
speaker.
and Thursday of each week
Both plants open at 9:30 a
I in., and all products to be can-j
will have to be in the plant
at 2 o’clock- R. A Young,.
teacher of vocational agricui-
tore, and Mrs. J. L Blake, home
economics teacher, are in
I
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Continued on Page Five
Events of the past twelve¬
month have been big with ,po- 1
litical implications for both the;
present and future of Negro;
citizens of Savannah, and for
the whole community.
These events have had broad I
and important social implica-
tions, also- Nine Negro police-)
men and five other city em- j
pioyees have been appointed to
public service.
The attitude of Negroes, par¬
ticularly and the public in gen¬
eral, towards these public ser¬
_____
Continued on page three
Stephen S- Wise, president,
Dr. Harry Elonimsky, dean
Continued on Page Two
A DAUGHTER
A 7-pound, 3-oz daughter was
Tuesday night at Charity
to Dr. and Mrs. S- M
Jr, The child will be
Frieda Pauline. Prior
her marriage Mrs- McDew
Miss Mary Bradley of
Bend, Indiana.
A ST LOUIS WEDDING OF INTEREST TO SAVANNAHIANS
fj mi- jiju' ;;,- ■>
THE WEDDING PARTY OF PEARL SCHWARTZ AND
GEORGE R- COLLINS ^ The wedding party of Mr- and Mrs
George R. Collins, whose marr.-age was ■.olemnized ia=.t Sun¬
day. Mrs. Collins was, until her marriage Miss Pearl Schwarz,
who is well known in the educational circles of Si. Louis and
Missouri. Mr. Coihns is a buMncs.. execute, t in Lansing,
A t ’-jp
NNPA President
e®
Thomas W. Young, vice pres¬
ident and treasurer of The
Guide Publishing 'Company,
Inc., publishers of the Journal
and Guide, was elected presi¬
dent of the Negro Newspaper
Publishers Association Friday,
June 20, at the organization’s
Continued on Page Two
Gets Post With
Hat Firm
NEH YORK (ANP > LeRoy
Smith, Rhythm Record Shop
owner of Denver, has been se¬
lected by Adams hats to be
sales representative in his vi-
(CJontlmiecl on pagv B)
Tile slate convention of Vet¬
erans of Foreign Wars will be
held in Sayannah, beginning
Sunday, June 29, and continu¬
ing for four days, until July 2.
Sessions and registrations will
be held at the YMCA on West
Broad street, where general
headquarters will be maintain¬
ed.
Sergeant Robert B Howard,
Continued on page Seven
NAACP To Debate What
Political Stand To Take
2 Teachers Retired
WASHINGTON, D- C With
the 1948 election just ahead,
the question of what political
if any, should be taken
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People was uppermost in the
minds of delegates gathering
here June 24 for the 38th an¬
nual conference of the associa¬
tion.
In a sharp debate last year
in Cincinnati it was decided
that branches of the NAACP
should not engage in partisan
political activity and should
not endorse partisan candi¬
dates. it was agreed that the
voting records of congressmen
and senators should be made
available by the national of¬
fice as a guide to individual
voters This was done.
However, the Boston, Mass.,
youtli council endorsed a par¬
ty candidate and accepted an
advertisement for a candidate
iContinued on Page Two>
MISS WEEMS TO AT -
TEND BAPT. MEETING
IN EUROPE
Miss Camilla Weems, super¬
visor ot home demonstration
work in Georgia, left this week
Continued on Page Five
11 Blast Suits Against
Three Fat Shops
DENVER (ANP) .
suits charging discrimination
against Negro patrons were
filed in district court here last
week against three focal eating
establishments.
The suits, some of which in-
continued on page two)
NUMBER Ml
Like Father, Like Soft A
Tlie Rev- Morris H Tynes of
Greensboro, N. C., who - was
awarded the bachelor of divin¬
ity .degree from Yale universi¬
ty last week. The young min¬
ister was awarded the Mersick
scholarship award for excellen¬
in public speaking while at-
Continued on Page Two
Board Refus¬
es Hike Pay
ATLANTA (ANP)—The At¬
lanta school board last week
the request to increase
pay for school maids and
Continued on Page a
Under the rules and regula¬
of the Board of Educa¬
for retirement plans, Mrs.
Este, who has served
years at the Woodville
Miss Lilia Smith of East
school, and Miss Made¬
Shivery of Beach-Cuyler
Continued on Page Seven
ATTORNEY JACKSON
IMPROVING
Attorney W S- Jackson, who
has been under treatment for
months at the Douglas
hospital in Philadelphia, i3
improved and is expect¬
back home shortly.
in the center arp the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs*
George R. CoUins. D.rectiy back of them are Rev. Herman S* j
Dreer and Rev. .’Ultan Thompson- Little Sandra Bass, the
flower girl, is standing in front of the groom- Reading left
to light, seated. Grace Boyd, Ida Mae King. Margaret Hen
deisuit, ana .Strail Schwartz- S tanrting. Herman Yirgj